Disclaimer: Kakarotto, Vegeta, Goku, and Bulma are NOT MINE. This bullet is however. Anyone want it? *Tosses it at a random reader* There ya go.
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"Kakarotto?" Vegeta stepped forward to question the taller Saiyan.
*BANG*
The shot echoed through the woods, Kakarotto fell to the ground, clutching his leg and growling menacingly at the men coming down on the pair like ants on a sugar heap.
Vegeta muttered a curse and grabbed Kakarotto, blasting off into the sky with the large Saiyan, who was gripping his wound tightly, trying to slow the gush of blood.
Vegeta swore continuously as he tore through the skies on his way to Capsule Corporation, muttering in that weird language that everyone around here seemed to speak. Kakarotto gazed admiringly at his lord as he slipped down into the black of unconsciousness.
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"Wha...?" Goku slowly opened his eyes, squinting them against the light above him. A teal and pink blur hovered just in front of his eyes. He closed them again, willing the headache to go away. Oh Kami did he wish the headache would go away.
"Goku? Are you alright?" A soft voice filtered through the pulsing in his brain. He opened his eyes again.
" �Rm f�ne B�rlma." He mumbled through unresponsive lips "J�rst f�ne."
~What�s this?~ A voice came, soft and silky and seductive inside his head. It danced through his inner senses and tickled his thoughts, everywhere within him, yet just out of reach. ~Who are you?~ The voice felt like power, like the joy he took in fighting, like the feeling of fullness right after a big meal, like the searing of the hot sun in summer, knowing that when winter comes you�ll be longing for it�s heat so...
Goku had to force himself to keep his eyes open. He turned slightly, squinting at Bulma. Just behind her the silent, imposing figure of Vegeta stood; his arms folded, an irritated, yet worried look on his face, the two expressions seeming to war with each other.
"Wh�t h�rp�nned?" Goku tried to vocalize, and barely succeeded. The voice was chuckling. It was very distracting. Bulma�s face came fully into focus. Odd how Vegeta had been perfectly clear, but he hadn�t been able to see Bulma...
"Goku, Vegeta brought you back, you�d been fighting with some gang out in the woods, they shot you. You should have been able to take them, but you were suffering from a massive overdose of painkillers. Why the heck did you take so many drugs Goku?!" Bulma sounded worried and exasperated as she said the last sentence. Goku frowned and forced his mouth to move and answer her, trying to ignore the maniacal laughter inside his head.
"D�dn� know th� d�sage." Goku explained; getting the words out a Herculean effort. Bulma looked absolutely and completely shocked.
"W-what?!" She gasped out. Vegeta snorted in amusement. The voice howled in laughter. Goku gritted his teeth.
"Sh-sh�t up! All�ve you, j�st SHUT UP!" Goku bellowed out the last part, gripping his head with both hands, pressing his palms to his ears and humming in an attempt to drown out the voice�s chilling, seductive laughter. So seductive he could give in and just� Just...
"Goku?" Bulma backed off slightly "Goku, stop laughing like that, you�re scaring me..." Bulma�s breath caught in her throat as a nervous hiccup as Goku turned his face to look up at her. His eyes had lost all the childishness she was used to seeing in them, they were feral, like a wild cat.
"My name," A low, husky growl rumbled around the room "Is Kakarotto."
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